I have a store!

[chibichibi01]

http://www.etsy.com/shop/chibichibi01

I finally got my Etsy site up and running :3 I can finally make money off of my hobby! Three cheers for hobbying!

[Fairportfan]

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[lake_wrangler]

Nice. How long have you been knitting like that?

[chibichibi01]

A year or so? I've been giving the results away though rather than selling them and the boyfriend began to complain there was too much yarn around the house...

[DinkyInky]

Cool. Make a few Doctor Who, HP, and animal ear hats, and when next he complains, take him out to dinner from the proceeds of your hobby.

[chibichibi01]

Thats the plan! Cat-eared hats are next on the list, and I'll probably get the colors and start making HP house color hats too.

[shadowinthelight]

Don't just make them cat-eared hats, make them jaguar girl hats.

[chibichibi01]

Don't just make them cat-eared hats, make them jaguar girl hats.

I am terribad with patterns D: I don't think I could do the spots... But if I just made them red like her hair....

[DinkyInky]

Don't just make them cat-eared hats, make them jaguar girl hats.

I am terribad with patterns D: I don't think I could do the spots... But if I just made them red like her hair....

Spots can be sewn on afterward with a lighter gauge yarn. Another technique is using varigated yarn. You can also use chenille for soft fuzzy "fur", but that adds to cost and labour.

My cathats were a cheat because I crocheted the ears and whip-stitched them on, and I loom knit. Otherwise I look like the naughty kitty in the yarn basket.

The reason I mentioned the Baker scarf, is that every time I make and wear one, I invariably end up with either someone buying it off my neck for ridiculous sums, or a note from a sib's friend with cash attached that they have permanently "borrowed" my scarf. I've only made four(thirteen feet of scarf is a PitA to loom knit). I' m sure the Who fans are as rabid near you.

I currently own a "Ravenclaw" scarf(book version apparently), that was just an overlong turquoise/tealish and silver one that everyone told me was a HP one, so I just made them, and smiled all the way to the bank. I have also made red and gold ones for a school colours thing that apparently is also a Gryffindor one, and made about twice what the school ones did as school colours.

Important thing is doing it as a hobby, and have the money bit is bonus, otherwise you will burn out.

[Dave]

The reason I mentioned the Baker scarf, is that every time I make and wear one, I invariably end up with either someone buying it off my neck for ridiculous sums, or a note from a sib's friend with cash attached that they have permanently "borrowed" my scarf. I've only made four(thirteen feet of scarf is a PitA to loom knit). I' m sure the Who fans are as rabid near you.

If you want to make matters even worse, offer them for sale and advertise that you'll include a bag of Jelly Babies with each one

[chibichibi01]

Hats and arm warmers are enough for me right now. Scarves makes my wrists hurt just thinking about it, especially 13 feet of Dr. Who Scarf. I'd get so bored.

I like hats and the arm warmers because they make me feel accomplished when I finish them in a reasonable time ahahaha. And instead of how I've been doing the hats, I can always Flat knit them and stitch up the corners to make a kitty eared hat.

[DinkyInky]

The reason I mentioned the Baker scarf, is that every time I make and wear one, I invariably end up with either someone buying it off my neck for ridiculous sums, or a note from a sib's friend with cash attached that they have permanently "borrowed" my scarf. I've only made four(thirteen feet of scarf is a PitA to loom knit). I' m sure the Who fans are as rabid near you.

If you want to make matters even worse, offer them for sale and advertise that you'll include a bag of Jelly Babies with each one

Good Lord, what an idea! If I ever do make and wear another one again, I ought to walk around eating some and see what trouble I get into. Oh yeah, and I'll get a pic and make sure to post it along with how long it took for my handiwork to vanish from my neck and how big a pile of cash I get for it this time...

[Mark N]

The reason I mentioned the Baker scarf, is that every time I make and wear one, I invariably end up with either someone buying it off my neck for ridiculous sums, or a note from a sib's friend with cash attached that they have permanently "borrowed" my scarf. I've only made four(thirteen feet of scarf is a PitA to loom knit). I' m sure the Who fans are as rabid near you.

If you want to make matters even worse, offer them for sale and advertise that you'll include a bag of Jelly Babies with each one

Good Lord, what an idea! If I ever do make and wear another one again, I ought to walk around eating some and see what trouble I get into. Oh yeah, and I'll get a pic and make sure to post it along with how long it took for my handiwork to vanish from my neck and how big a pile of cash I get for it this time...

Well if you do that at a Con you just have to say you are cosplaying Romanna, Then see if you can hook buyers.

[Atomic]

Here ya go! A rocking chair knitter! Easy on the wrists, great for long scarves, and you can catch up on your metaphysics reading while you work. The best of all worlds!

[NOTDilbert]

I remember seeing for sale years ago a 'toy' that children could knit with - two toys, actually. One was about eighteen inches long and attached to the edge of a table. Yarn was threaded onto the first row, and then the operator slid a shuttle-like piece back and forth, which automatically wove the loose end of yarn onto the previous row. You could make panels 'X' wide and infinitely long - eventually.

The other was circular (about a foot) and had a crank handle. This one was similarly primed, and once started, would make a knitted tube.

Not satisfying if you like the traditional method, but if you have pain, and can find one of these, it might help. (May have been a RONCO product).

[DinkyInky]

I remember seeing for sale years ago a 'toy' that children could knit with - two toys, actually. One was about eighteen inches long and attached to the edge of a table. Yarn was threaded onto the first row, and then the operator slid a shuttle-like piece back and forth, which automatically wove the loose end of yarn onto the previous row. You could make panels 'X' wide and infinitely long - eventually.

The other was circular (about a foot) and had a crank handle. This one was similarly primed, and once started, would make a knitted tube.

Not satisfying if you like the traditional method, but if you have pain, and can find one of these, it might help. (May have been a RONCO product).

I use the nifty knitters looms in various sizes for mine. Wrap yarn around pegs, use needle to pop loops over each other. I used to use nails on a board, but this was way easier to carry around.

The scarf in the picture took four hours(because I doubled the number of loops to make it heavier). Carpal tunnel makes old fashioned knitting rather not good, not to mention I look like a kitten in the yarn basket when I do try.

[chibichibi01]

They have a mechanical tube knitter for kids. I saw it. I was... horrified? Not the right word... I got up on my "old lady" high horse and started ranting about kids today and their fancy machines.

Loom scarf though... that looks interesting...

[Jabberwonky]

I remember seeing for sale years ago a 'toy' that children could knit with - two toys, actually. One was about eighteen inches long and attached to the edge of a table. Yarn was threaded onto the first row, and then the operator slid a shuttle-like piece back and forth, which automatically wove the loose end of yarn onto the previous row. You could make panels 'X' wide and infinitely long - eventually.

The other was circular (about a foot) and had a crank handle. This one was similarly primed, and once started, would make a knitted tube.

Not satisfying if you like the traditional method, but if you have pain, and can find one of these, it might help. (May have been a RONCO product).

It was a bright yellow and red contraption? I remember someone's kid having one. But they make actual professional versions of the tube-o-matic and a flat panel knitter. I had a friend with carpal tunnel that ended up with a contraption that knit a flat panel adjustable out to two feet wide and as long as you had the patience for.

[NOTDilbert]

I remember seeing for sale years ago a 'toy' that children could knit with - two toys, actually. One was about eighteen inches long and attached to the edge of a table. Yarn was threaded onto the first row, and then the operator slid a shuttle-like piece back and forth, which automatically wove the loose end of yarn onto the previous row. You could make panels 'X' wide and infinitely long - eventually.

The other was circular (about a foot) and had a crank handle. This one was similarly primed, and once started, would make a knitted tube.

Not satisfying if you like the traditional method, but if you have pain, and can find one of these, it might help. (May have been a RONCO product).

It was a bright yellow and red contraption? I remember someone's kid having one. But they make actual professional versions of the tube-o-matic and a flat panel knitter. I had a friend with carpal tunnel that ended up with a contraption that knit a flat panel adjustable out to two feet wide and as long as you had the patience for.

Don't remember the colors, but now that you mention it, I have seen 'pro' versions (Larger, no kid-friendly colors). And the Hanes T-shirt factory has high-speed tube knitters; I'm sure there's a vid somewhere of them in action....